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Blue tilapia

Coptodon rendalli (Boulenger, 1897)

Status not recordedbony fish

The blue tilapia (Coptodon rendalli) is a species in the family Cichlidae, order Cichliformes.

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Quick facts about the blue tilapia

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the blue tilapia live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the blue tilapia as introduced in 26 countries, and flagged as invasive in 2 of them.

  1. Madagascarinvasive
  2. Mexicoinvasive
  3. Antigua & Barbuda
  4. Argentina
  5. Brazil
  6. Burundi
  7. Cameroon
  8. Central African Republic
  9. Cuba
  10. Dominican Republic
  11. El Salvador
  12. Ethiopia
  13. Gabon
  14. Kenya
  15. Malawi
  16. Mauritius
  17. Panama
  18. Peru
  19. Rwanda
  20. Sri Lanka
  21. Tanzania
  22. Thailand
  23. Türkiye
  24. Uganda
Show 2 more countries
  1. Wallis & Futuna
  2. Zambia

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the blue tilapia endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the blue tilapia classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCichliformes
  5. familyCichlidae
  6. genusCoptodon
  7. SpeciesCoptodon rendalli (Boulenger, 1897)

Synonyms Chromis rendalli, Chromis rendallii, Tilapia christyi, Tilapia druryi, Tilapia gefuensis, Tilapia kirkhami, Tilapia latifrons, Tilapia mackeani, Tilapia melanopleura rendalli, Tilapia melanopleura swierstra, Tilapia melanopleura swierstrae, Tilapia rendalii, Tilapia rendalli, Tilapia rendalli gefuensis, Tilapia rendalli rendalli, Tilapia rendalli swierstrae, Tilapia rendallis, Tilapia sexfasciata, Tilapia swierstrae, Tilapia sykesii

Other names and names in other languages (43)
  • Congo tilapiaEnglish
  • Northern redbreast tilapiaEnglish
  • Red-breasted breamEnglish
  • Red-breasted tilapiaEnglish
  • Redbreast tilapiaEnglish
  • Redbreasted breamEnglish
  • RooiborskurperAfrikaans
  • Rendalls TilapieGerman
  • TilapiaSpanish
  • EkouniFang
  • PunarintatilapiaFinnish
  • CarpeFrench
  • MbufuLozi
  • tilapia czerwonobrzuchaPolish
  • TilápiaPortuguese
  • SatoSwahili
  • ปลาหมอคางแดงThai
  • ThlapeTswana
  • Kaparoot
  • GetshaVenda
  • 齊氏非鯽Chinese
  • Noordelike Rooibors-tilapiaAfrikaans
  • Rooibors-tilapiaAfrikaans
  • Rotbrüstige TilapieGerman
  • Mojarra MojarraSpanish
  • MojarritaSpanish
  • Mojarrita pecho rojoSpanish
  • Tilapia Pecho RojoSpanish
  • NgegeSwahili
  • PeregeSwahili
  • mMampakhibuduTswana
  • Imfutu (sisubia)root
  • Impagaroot
  • Induweroot
  • Ingege Y'igihwatiroot
  • Kayaboroot
  • Khunduroot
  • Nakatenge (luvale)root
  • Ngondueroot
  • Tshikeleroot
  • Tshimbuaroot
  • TshakaVenda
  • TshikweaVenda

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the blue tilapia

Other species in the same genus Coptodon.

Mango fish

Coptodon zillii

CichlidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the blue tilapia an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the blue tilapia as invasive in 2 countries: Madagascar and Mexico. It lists it as introduced in 26 in all.

What kind of animal is the blue tilapia?

The blue tilapia (Coptodon rendalli) belongs to the family Cichlidae in the order Cichliformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Blue tilapia (Coptodon rendalli). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/coptodon-rendalli

MLA

“Blue tilapia (Coptodon rendalli).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/coptodon-rendalli.

BibTeX
@misc{coptodon_rendalli_2026,
  title = {Blue tilapia (Coptodon rendalli)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/coptodon-rendalli},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}